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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

The spring return of Agents of SHIELD (1.6) made little noise, down about a tenth from both the fall finale and the overall fall average. This is a bit disappointing since CBS was in repeats, but it will get to face comedies rather than The Voice in a couple weeks. Earlier in the night for ABC, Fresh Off the Boat (1.7) and Repeat After Me (1.2) each lost a tenth for the second straight week.

On NBC, The Voice (4.1) was up from last week and exactly even with the year-ago episode (though that one was just one hour). For the first time in four tries this spring, NBC finally found something to break a 2.0 with a The Voice lead-in; the upgrade was very welcome for Chicago Fire (2.2), up about 50% from recent deliveries after the fractional comedy block (and just a bit below its 2.3 after the second Voice week in the fall).

Fox traded out MasterChef Junior for the spring premiere of slightly weaker Hell's Kitchen (1.4). It was down a tenth from the premiere of the fall season and a very noticeable 30% below the last spring premiere on 3/13/13 (2.0).

FULL TABLE:

Info

Show

Timeslot

True

A18-49

Skew

Last

LeLa

Rank

y2y

TLa

Ty2y

Fresh Off the Boat

1.7

36%

-6%

-0.1

n/a

6/7

n/a

-6%

-11%

1.8

Repeat After Me

1.2

38%

-8%

-0.1

-0.1

3/3

n/a

-8%

-33%

1.4

Agents of SHIELD

1.6

45%

-6%

-0.1

+0.1

7/11

-11%

+23%

+39%

1.8

Forever

1.0

29%

+0%

+0.0

+0.3

12/17

n/a

-5%

+67%

1.4

ABC:

+4%

+13%

NCIS (R)

1.2

14%

-48%

-52%

1.4

NCIS: New Orleans (R)

1.1

16%

-42%

-48%

1.3

Person of Interest (R)

0.8

18%

-52%

-53%

1.1

CBS:

-47%

-51%

The Voice Tue

4.1

34%

+5%

+0.2

n/a

1/2

+0%

+4%

+31%

3.9

Chicago Fire

2.1

29%

+50%

+0.7

+3.4

4/16

+11%

+27%

+11%

1.8

NBC:

+8%

+26%

Hell's Kitchen

1.4

43%

n/a

n/a

n/a

1/1

-30%

-10%

+40%

1.6

New Girl

1.3

65%

+0%

+0.0

-0.2

11/18

-13%

+0%

-13%

1.7

The Mindy Project

1.0

60%

-9%

-0.1

+0.0

13/18

n/a

-9%

-23%

1.3

Fox:

-7%

+6%

The Flash (R)

0.4

34%

+33%

-50%

0.5

Supernatural (R)

0.3

44%

+0%

-68%

0.4

CW:

+17%

-60%

Big5:

-8%

-8%

KEY (click to expand)

A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.LeLa - A18-49 difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes so far this season.y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.True - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.